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The Animals

The House Of The Rising Sun

Psychedelic Folk
  • House
  • Rock
  • Folk
  • Space
  • Blues
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1969
  • 1964
  • 1960
  • 2011
  • 1969
  • 1937

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“The House of the Rising Sun” is a folk song from the United States. Also called “House of the Rising Sun” or occasionally “Rising Sun Blues”, it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Canada. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ They call the Rising Sun ... And god I know I'm one ... And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy ♫

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This song is listed #122 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Most votes come from Argentina, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Netherlands, Brazil, and Italy.

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Popular in Psychedelic Folk (See Charts): Across The Universe.

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